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Findings from EBSCO’s Natural Language Search Beta; Training AI through Human Interactions Instead of Datasets; & More
| Data Files, EBSCO, Libraries, News
AI Training AI through Human Interactions Instead of Datasets (via Pratt School Engineering/Duke University) EBSCO Findings from EBSCO’s Natural Language Search Beta (via EBSCO Post) OCLC OCLC Publishes Research On Art Library Collaborations in Art Libraries Journal Tennessee Knox County Schools Receive List of Books To Ban From Libraries Under State Law (via WVLT)
Library of Congress Appoints Rachael Stoeltje as New Chief for National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has named Rachael Stoeltje as the new chief of the Library’s National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, which includes the Library’s Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia, beginning in January 2025. Stoeltje will oversee the state-of-the-art facility where the Library of Congress acquires, preserves and provides access to the […]
AI Roundup: How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content; We Need To Start Wrestling with the Ethics of AI Agents; & More Headlines
| Data Files, Libraries, News, Publishing, Roundup, Scholarly Communications
Agents ChatGPT Education Peer Review Privacy Scholarly Communications Technology University of Texas Libraries Yale Library
The full-text article linked to below was recently published by Quantitative Science Studies (QSS). Title Open Access Journals Lack Image Accessibility Guidelines Authors Kaitlin Stack Whitney Rochester Institute of Technology Julia Perrone Kent State University Willard Library of Battle Creek Christie A. Bhalai Kent State University Source DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00338 Abstract In recent decades, there has […]
Digital Collections: Library of Congress Launches Digitized Collection of National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records
| Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has released a groundbreaking online collection of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records, making one of the most poignant symbols of the AIDS epidemic in the United States available to a global audience. As the largest communal art project in the world, the AIDS Memorial Quilt […]
From the Associated Press: The Aurora Health Care Mobile Medical Clinic team waited patiently at a table in the main hallway of the Milwaukee Public Library’s sprawling downtown branch, a blood pressure cuff and mental health questionnaire at the ready as they called out to patrons who paused: “Do you have any questions about your […]
From the Alamaba Political Reporter: Movies like Moana, Frozen, Coco and more are moving in the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library after the board changed policies to comply with new state aid requirements from the Alabama Public Library Service. Interim director Connie Chow confirmed to APR that numerous movies currently shelved in the juvenile section of libraries are moving to […]
Journal Article: “Data Literacy in Flux: Perspectives of Community College Librarians on Evolving Educational Demands and Library Capacities” (Abstract/Snippets Only)
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Interviews, Libraries, News
The article linked below was recently published by Library & Information Science Research. Title Data Literacy in Flux: Perspectives of Community College Librarians on Evolving Educational Demands and Library Capacities Authors Jeonghyun Kim University of North Texas Sarah Evans University of North Texas Lingzi Hong University of North Texas Erin Rice-Oyler University of North Texas […]
Utah: How the Salt Lake City Public Library is “Filling the Gaps in Homeless Services”
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
From Governing: Two years ago, SLCPL hired a licensed social worker for the first time in an effort to deepen the library’s services for the homeless. The hire was recommended by a staff working group to address concerns that staff weren’t trained to provide the help some patrons clearly needed. When Nicole Campolucci took the […]
AI: “Bluesky May Not Train AI on Your Posts, But Others Can, and Users are Furious”; “Mississippi State University Libraries to Digitize Untold Civil Rights Stories with CLIR Grant”; & More News Headlines
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
AI Bluesky May Not Train AI on Your Posts, But Others Can, and Users are Furious (via Neowin) Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ARL/CDL Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot Team Visits University of Colorado Boulder (via ARL) Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Biodiversity Heritage Library Datasets Now Openly Accessible on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Idaho […]
